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Re: Leadership & Energy Independence

sunwatermv — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:15:36 -0000

Every advance in energy technology that has become significant has been accepted by consumers. Thousands of good ideas that work are not in the marketplace today because consumers only like what they know, and it can take literally generations for consumers to become sufficiently familiar with a technology before they will buy it. Everything from the Stirling engine to the normally aspirated single point fuel fuel injection engine that got 60mpg in the 90s are not here today because consumers rejected them. It will take the equivalent of a national emergency and the people of the nation to become interested for any significant change to occur. Politicians of every stripe will wait as long as they can before they do anything. It is political suicide to buck the trend, whether the trend is called "change" or "patriotism."

Re: Leadership & Energy Independence

Tim Twombly — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:16:17 -0000

Fuel economy of 60 mpg was achieved in the early 90's with a normally aspirated, single point fuel injected engine - making today's most advanced hybrids seem silly. That advanced technology was rejected by consumers. When consumers finally wake up, that technology and better will again show up. It is, was and will always be the marketplace that drives innovation most effectively. History is littered with examples of the various ways governments inevitably misdirect, misuse and outright destroy possibilities of powerful technology.

Re: Leadership & Energy Independence

Kelly Knight — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:23:01 -0000

According to www.knoyd.com ("Drill and Mine US Oil--Buy and Refine US Oil!, copyright 2008),

US Energy Independence and Security comes from a three-fold mission:

The United States of America…

1. …has a divine destiny to defend democracy in every nation that currently embraces democracy, and promote democratic principles where tyranny and dictatorship runs supreme. This cannot be accomplished while the US is beholden to the very tyrants against whom it fights.

2. …has energy, whether from oil, bio-mass, coal, or nuclear power, as the life-blood of the US economy. The effects of skyrocketing fuel cost have a direct impact on the affordability of food, clothing, and shelter for every citizen, rich or poor. We must bring down the price of energy without further delay.

3. …energy policy plays a vital role in the creation of thousands and thousands of jobs. The oil shale fields alone can produce enough oil to replace our current imports and do so for 240 years. This is a minimum of 5 generations of employment for families in CO, UT, and WY. We have 250 years of coal supplies that can be converted to liquid fuel, and produce thousands of jobs.

It is time for liberal politicians to severe ties with fascist, economy-wrecking, pseudo-environmental groups and begin to do what is in the best interest of the whole of the citizens of the United States. It is time for conservative politicians to stand and make a very vocal demand for energy independence and security. And it is time for every citizen to follow in the footsteps of Patrick Henry and declare that “Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.” (Patrick Henry, 1775, House of Burgesses)